Being a Connecting Mother

Lily and Les Excessive

“ Mom I want red color ” pinta Lily on Adira.

“ Ma! Mama! ” call it a little harder.

“ Yes?! ” jump Adira realized from her daydream.

“ Mama I want red color ” whining Lily again because it's upset Adira didn't notice him.

“ Oh sorry yes Mama less focus earlier, this you want the color to lighten ” Adira thrust crayon red to the 5-year-old boy.

“ For thinking too much about the terms of Aidan I to not focus on doing anything ”

“ Mama flowers should be given what color? ”

“ Here try Mama see, hmm yellow same orange please ” Adira continues to help Lily with her paintings. Actually, if you think about it again in this house, her job is only as a nanny Lily.

Adira does all the work taking care of Lily because Lily is also very attached to her as if she does not want to part.

Adira stroked Lily's hair gently, looking closely at the child's face. Compared to Adira who is white and very typical of Asian women. Lily was white and on her face were freckles that clearly showed them Caucasian ancestry. His eyes were also brightly round with those hazel-colored eye seeds.

Both Noah, Aidan and Nadia were also very similar like it was exactly like their father and also his mother who both had European blood.

Just by looking at it people will surely know that Adira is not the real mother of the children, because the difference is very contrasting Adira has narrow eyes and deep black.

“ Lily why call me Mama? ” asked Adira gently on the girl.

“ Because Mama is married to Daddy, Daddy said to call Mama ” replied Lily plain.

“ Lily happy that Mama is here? ”

“ Like, Mommy is gone so Lily is happy if there is Mama ”

Adira let out a soft peck at Lily's head hearing the honest answer.

“ For Lily must still miss the figure of Mother, in contrast to her other siblings they are old enough to be able to accept the state that their mother is no longer there. That's the reason only Lily feels she needs me in this house ”

“ Miss Lily it's time to go tutoring ” said a waiter named Mary approached Lily and Adira.

“ Les? Not that she had just returned home ” Adira saw the clock that had shown at 3 pm, while Lily had just returned from her tutoring at 1 pm.

“ The singing lessons Madam, now Miss Lily has to take dance lessons ” said Mary.

“ Be-really.ya already here Lily Mama will trim your hair briefly ”

Lily approached Adira immediately.

“ Not that he is too much attending tutoring.he is only 5 years old when else he enjoys playing time. Morning school when returning home still have to take tutoring until the afternoon ” , inner Adira felt sorry for Lily.

“ I go first yes Mama, later we do the task together again ” part Lily while peeping the back of Adira's hand.

Adira looks at Lily's departure delivered by the family driver.

“ It's just that his schoolwork is always a lot, he doesn't even have time to play. Looks like Mas Zein is too outrageous ” Adira's guman.

* * *

“ All right just say your purpose clearly, okay surely can ” Adira re-energize herself before she finally opens the room door. She could immediately see her husband who was in bed still with his laptop.

“ It's still 10pm there's still another hour before ” bedtime

“ Mas..” call Adira slowly almost like a whisper.

“ Hmm ”

Adira was even more nervous to hear Zein who replied with a throb.

“ Fix how you talk first I don't like talking to stutterers. Waste of time only ”

“ I'm not stuttering.but because of you I'm stuttering like this. Well how the hell at least I shouldn't be disrespectful he's 18 years older than me to curse him alone I feel guilty ”

“ Is it okay if the game room reopens? ” asked Adira in a requesting tone.

“ Where did you get that idea? ”

“ Why the hell likes to reply to questions with questions ”

“ At that time Mas told me to ask the children to change the nickname of the quiz, but Aidan wanted if I could persuade Mas to open the game room ” explained Adira.

“ Do you know why I closed that room? ” asked Zein to turn his gaze from the laptop towards Adira.

“ Don't know Mas ” Adira replied quickly.

“ If Aidan is allowed to use the room again he can forget the time and just focus on the game, not the school ”

“ Really reason parents ” , Inner Adira heard Zein's answer.

“ Then how should I? I have no other way. Let me be called Miss A ya Mas. They treated me with respect even though the call was weird ” lamented.

“ It's up to you, but I don't want any bad teaching influence for my kids. For me politeness is the most important thing in this house ”

“ I know Mas ” replied Adira then ended the conversation and headed straight for the sofa.

“ Mas Zein may not know that the rules he made are sometimes too excessive and rigid, forcing children to learn is also not a good thing ” mutant Adira slowly speaks for herself.

* * *

It has been a week since there is still no change in the relationship with Adira Zein as a married couple, they just talk about it. While Noah since the conversation at the dinner table at that time never spoke again with Adira, Noah was indeed an introverted child who was quite quiet and cold. Aidan and Nadia continue to call Adira Miss A.

Adira does not succeed in persuading Zein to open the game room, the twin brother sometimes likes to do some things to judge Adira which for Adira himself can still be tolerated and he does not really care about it.

“ Lily's feet hurt yes..” said Adira was concerned to see the child's swollen soles, she applied oil and massaged Lily's feet hoping to reduce the pain.

“ Hehehehe..Mama don't be so sad, Lily's legs don't hurt ”

Adira sighed seeing that the little boy could still laugh.

“ If Lily is sick Mama is sad, is it better today Lily does not have to go dance lessons? ”

“ Can't, Ma. If Daddy knows how to be angry later Lily will have to be a good boy ”

“ The problem is that Lily's legs are swollen like this because of continuous exercise, occasional breaks are not papa. Mama says same Mary yes ”

Lily only smiled happily because she felt that her mother was paying close attention to her.

“ Mary what today Lily can not go dance lessons, her legs are swollen I'm afraid she's even more sick later ” pinta Adira on Mary when it comes to taking Lily away to her tutoring place.

“ Sorry Madam I can not decide that unless you allow Miss Lily not to go ” said Mary.

“ I will tell Mas Zein later, let Lily not go tutoring today yes I beg ”

“ Sorry Miss I really can't, Master gave the order for Miss Lily to be taken to tutoring place ”

“ Mama Lily does not papa, Lily goes first yes Mama later we do the task together again ” part Lily while pecking the back of Adira's hand.

“ Doing a task together.either why I feel like crying hearing that sentence, he should invite me to play together ”.

“ I'll tell Mas Zein to cut back on Lily's tutoring activities, no matter how angry she is. Pity Lily ” Adira's resolve.